if statement

[Phil Latio]

I am trying to remember how you write an if statement to check if any value
has been entered. For example seeing if a username has been entered in form.
I have seen the following:

if ($username == '')
{
print ("You've pressed submit without entering your username");
}

However is there another method which uses an exclamation mark? I am sure I
have seen something for where $username has no value but I can't think what
it was.

Cheers

Phil

[Geoff Muldoon]

Re: if statement

phil.latio@f-in-stupid.co.uk says...

I am trying to remember how you write an if statement to check if any value
has been entered. For example seeing if a username has been entered in form.
I have seen the following:
>
if ($username == '')
{
print ("You've pressed submit without entering your username");
}
>
However is there another method which uses an exclamation mark? I am sure I
have seen something for where $username has no value but I can't think what
it was.

isSet ??

if (!isSet($userna me)) { // do this if $username is not set

GM

[Gordon Burditt]

Re: if statement

>I am trying to remember how you write an if statement to check if any value

>has been entered. For example seeing if a username has been entered in form.

The variable $_GET['username'] or $_POST['username'] is where the
input from a form element appears in a modern version of PHP, not $username.

>I have seen the following:
>
>if ($username == '')
>{
print ("You've pressed submit without entering your username");
>}
>
>However is there another method which uses an exclamation mark? I am sure I
>have seen something for where $username has no value but I can't think what
>it was.

You can use isset($_GET['username']) to determine if the value was given
at all.

[Phil Latio]

Re: if statement

You can use isset($_GET['username']) to determine if the value was given

at all.

Yep. That was it. Thanks.

Cheers

Phil

[Phil Latio]

Re: if statement

isSet ??

>
if (!isSet($userna me)) { // do this if $username is not set
>
GM

Yep. That was it. Thanks.

Cheers

Phil

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: if statement

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phil.latio@f-in-stupid.co.uk says...

>I am trying to remember how you write an if statement to check if any
>value
>has been entered. For example seeing if a username has been entered in
>form.
>I have seen the following:
>>
>if ($username == '')
>{
> print ("You've pressed submit without entering your username");
>}
>>
>However is there another method which uses an exclamation mark? I am sure
>I
>have seen something for where $username has no value but I can't think
>what
>it was.

>
isSet ??
>
if (!isSet($userna me)) { // do this if $username is not set

If this is form validation, then isset won't do any good. The form field
will be set, but it still may be empty. Better test that strlen() is greater
than zero, or use empty(). And Of course, there's always the $username vs.
$_POST['username'] issue. Seems like someone is using register_global s, for
shame...

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[Phil Latio]

Re: if statement

If this is form validation, then isset won't do any good. The form field

will be set, but it still may be empty. Better test that strlen() is
greater than zero, or use empty(). And Of course, there's always the
$username vs. $_POST['username'] issue. Seems like someone is using
register_global s, for shame...

Not using register_global s but wish I had noticed your post earlier
regarding the form validation issue. I assumed isset meant that it checked
to see if it is actually set to something (had a value), not that it merely
existed. Oh well.. it's all good learning.

Cheers

Phil

[Gordon Burditt]

Re: if statement

>Not using register_global s but wish I had noticed your post earlier

>regarding the form validation issue. I assumed isset meant that it checked
>to see if it is actually set to something (had a value), not that it merely
>existed. Oh well.. it's all good learning.

A zero-length string is a real value. Whether or not you consider
it to be an error, an unspecified value, or an explicitly specified
value (the value when displaying the form might NOT be an empty
string, it might be 'No Middle Initial' or the original value from
the database record you're editing) depends on the variable,
what it means, and the application.